Tag: Micronutrients

If you’re on social media often, you might have seen a new popular hashtag that reads “if it fits your macros” or “IIFYM” to describe pictures of donuts, ice cream or other (although delicious) unconventional foods for bodybuilders.

Micronutrients are the class of nutrients comprised of substances that are needed by the body in trace amounts but are, nevertheless, essential for proper functioning of the body. They include certain vitamins, trace elements and some other organic compounds.